Go Down, Moses

Album: Natalie Merchant (2014)
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  • Movin' on, movin' on
    Isn't that what I'm supposed to do?
    Just hold it back and keep movin' on
    (Keep movin' on)
    Pushin' on, pushin' on
    Isn't that what I'm supposed to do?
    But it's so hard
    To keep pushin' on
    (Pushin' on)

    I'm movin' on, movin' on
    Isn't that what everybody tells me I gotta do?
    Oh, yeah
    But it's so hard movin' on without you

    Every mornin' wakin' in a fever
    Wet and shakin'
    My heart inside me pounding
    Muddy water all around me
    Cold, shocked and speechless, can anybody reach us?
    And why?
    Oh, God, why?

    Go down, go down, Moses
    (Go down, Moses)
    Go down to the city of New Orleans
    (City of New Orleans)
    Go part the muddy water
    (Part the muddy water)
    Let your people cross over
    Go down, yeah

    Ooh-ooh-ooh

    I'm movin' on, movin' on
    (Keep movin' on)
    That's what I'm tryin' to do
    Just holding back and movin' on

    Keeping on, keeping on, yeah
    That's what I'm trying so hard to do
    (Oh, yeah)
    But it's so hard keeping on without you

    Gone and lost my patience with this hopeless situation
    Oh, yeah
    I'm alive
    I'm a lonely sole survivor
    Spared me for some reason, so I'm picking up the pieces
    But why?
    Oh, God, why?

    Go down, go down, Moses
    (Go down, Moses)
    Go down to the city of New Orleans
    (City of New Orleans)
    And go part the muddy water
    (Part the muddy water)
    Let your people cross over
    Go down, yeah

    Ooh-ooh-ooh

    Go down
    Oh, Moses, go down
    Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
    Oh, go down, Moses
    Moses
    Moses
    Moses
    Sweet Moses
    Come on, come on, come on
    Yeah, yeah, yeah
    Sweet Moses
    Sweet Moses Writer/s: Natalie Merchant
    Publisher: Downtown Music Publishing
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